By Putri N.V. Laoli
The rapid development of technology today is accompanied by the unlimited open-accessed information. Until 2007, the flow of information on various topics from websites in cyberspace was freely accessed by everyone and it is like a double-edged knife, having both positive and negative impacts in life. Finally the government issued Law no. 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions, as a control over people's freedom to access the internet. The law itself contains elements of values and norms that apply in society.
This
regulation got the pros and cons from various elements of society because in
some cases the Law has trapped both perpetrators and victims in prisons,
regardless of the various interpretations of it. Then, the government revised it
through Law no. 19 of 2016 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions.
Until 2020 the cases of defamation are more dominant, apart from other cases,
such as leaks of data from social media users, to the practice of buying and
selling personal data. This law does not apply automatically to someone who
violates it, but it based on the complaint of the injured party for the actions
of another person and the judgement is determined on the court.
This is a warning for everyone to be wise when exploring cyberspace, especially young students in advanced technology era and cannot be apart from virtual world interactions. They must be aware where they are and know the consequences what they are doing. This is the starting point for Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta through Cyber Awarenes program, discussing the ITE Law, data security, digital footprint and basic thinking concepts of living in digital era, at Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta (19/9/2020). Thirteen students from various campuses and regions attended the workshop. Putri Nirmala V. Laoli as the host started it by describing the topics discussed earlier, including new challenges and opportunities in cyber era, creating and managing content on social media and how to get benefits. The main discussion was delivered by Dema Tobing, M.Kom, an information technology practitioner, as IT teacher, programmer and gamer, who explained the logic of living in cyberspace. In connection with the ITE Law, he emphasized on Electronic Information and Transactions, simply when someone sends a message with a friend, he has made an electronic transaction. This concerns a warning about the dangers of misuse and distributing of information in cyberspace.
Have you ever thought about ‘digital footprint’? Digital footprint is a trace of data when someone uses the internet, whether from sites you visited, emails you sent or other information ‘inputted’ to various online sites. Everyone, from public figures to common people, as long as they have been connected to the internet, must have digital footprints in two types, active and passive. Active traces are data or information that we upload as photos, videos, status updates that are published in cyberspace through social media accounts or blogs. While passive traces are data that we ‘leave’ without realizing it when surfing in cyberspace, accessing certain sites, even just liking posts on social media, the server stores the internet service provider (ISP) address used by visitors. So, other parties can see a person's activity in cyberspace which is marked by the appearance of advertisements on his smartphone. If you frequently visit online news sites, children's and adult films, sports, culinary, beauty and so on, the advertisements that appear are related to the topic of the site, which is the result of the system itself with its algorithm direct advertising that suitable with the visitors.
From
these experiences and findings, everyone, especially young people and students,
need to be aware when accessing cyberspace, to be careful about inputting
personal data on social media, because our digital footprint depends on our
literacy skills in our digital world, in order to be able to sort and utilize
information technology properly and productively.
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